Mark Buehl

medium: photography

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Badfish Creek Reflections 2008 Photography	Blue Chevy 2008 Photography	Ephraim Village Hall in Winter 2007 Photography
Foggy Sunrise at Canal Station Lighthouse 2008 Photography	Patient Frog 2007 Photography	Open for Coffee 2007 Photography
Spring in Wisconsin 2007 Photography	Sunset Sail 2008 Photography	Twin Reflections 2008 Photography
White Fungi 2007 Photography

Contact information
3917 North Wilnor
Oregon, WI 53575
Phone Number: 608-513-8632
Email Address: photo@wisconsin.com
Web site: www.markbuehl.com

Artist statement
I firmly believe in what Bill Brandt, British photographer and photojournalist said: “Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!” I am always experimenting with different techniques to give the viewer of my photographs pleasure in seeing something they can connect with. They may see something familiar in a different way. They may see something that draws them into my world of photography. They may see something that brings back memories. Or they may just see the beauty that my subject offers to them. In any case, I want the viewer of my work to connect in some way.

Most of my work has a connection with nature in some way. Since I am a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, many of my subjects are Wisconsin landscapes, buildings or animals. The beauty of nature offers so many possibilities, from the simple crocus popping up in the first days of spring to summer landscapes full of vivid color. I also enjoy capturing the reflections from any of Wisconsin’s bodies of water or man-made objects. I do not limit myself to just nature subjects, I also photograph aviation, automobiles, trains, lighthouses and other man-made subjects.

I work primarily in digital. I take each photograph and tweak it in my Macintosh computer to achieve the look I saw when I took the photograph. Some photographs require very little tweaking and some more to achieve the final look I desire.

Biography
I have been taking photographs for almost my entire life. My grandmother was an early photographer and placed a Kodak box camera in my hands soon after she took away my baby bottle. Over the course of my life so far, I have photographed weddings, sports events, nature, cats, racing, aviation, travels and Wisconsin subjects. I have used both film and digital; still and video; color and black and white.

I was born in Monticello, Wis., and spent my first years on a farm worked by my parents. We then moved off the farm and into the restaurant business. In high school, I was one of those camera club nerds. I attended some college at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. There I took photography courses in both the art and journalism departments.

I live with my wife, Ann, our cats, Princess and Newbie, and several koi in rural Wisconsin.